THE horrified parents of an eight-year-old girl torn from her bicycle after riding into wire deliberately strung between two posts want the culprits thrown in jail. Little Shayla cheated death, suffering cuts and bruises to her throat and face, when she was slung by the neck in a park near her Hastings home about 9pm [...]

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live- Mark Twain Cycling is an excellent way to get fit. If you can find some good roads to cycle on, it can be a very enjoyable way to lose a bit of weight and improve your fitness. These are some of the advantages to [...]

Recently I posted about the unsavoury article by Matthew Parris on the decapitation of cyclists. Often it seems cycling makes the newspapers for the wrong reasons. With this in mind, it is pleasing to come across the odd article which paints some of the positive benefits of cycling. This South African newspaper reports how cycling [...]

I started reading The Cyclists compendium in a book shop and I noted down some of the quotes On a bicycle you consume a fiftieth of the oxygen consumed by a motor vehicle, and expel no pollutants “Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride” John F Kennedy “Just as the ideal of [...]

Those who have been following the Matthew Parris saga, may be interested to know he published a brief apology, at the bottom of his Time newspaper today. Article I offended many with my Christmas attack on cyclists. It was meant humorously but so many cyclists have taken it seriously that I plainly misjudged. I am [...]

I don’t think the Times really care that they have annoyed lots of cyclists, or even care that they may have instigated more motorists to attack cyclists. The article by Matthew Parris gained them tremendous exposure and links. – The irony is that all the cycling websites who have linked to the article have actually [...]

An Arizona woman, Grace Picket, has been issued a speeding ticket for clocking 68mph on a descent on her way to work. Grace is an avid cyclist and usually cycles around 150 miles a week on her road bikes or mountain bikes. Grace was cycling the 44 miles from her home to work place, she [...]

I have spent a lot of time blogging on other topics, Writing, Economics,  e.t.c. I don’t know why I didn’t blog on cycling because that is my genuine passion. I find it very easy to write about cycling and can easily write 2-3  posts a day (even in the off season) I hope to do [...]